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France’s rail transport company Alstom has been tasked to provide operation and maintenance (O&M) services for lines 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Riyadh Metro network over a period of 12 years including the mobilization period, for a cost Read more
Construction of a 25km-long causeway between Bahrain and the regional power Saudi Arabia will kick-start mid2021, Saudi envoy to Bahrain has told media. The project, to cost between $3 and $4 billion, will be put out to tender end of Read more
The Saudi manufacturer and provider of advanced copper, aluminium and fibre optic cable products, Saudi Cable Company (SCC), has sold its shares in Turkey-based Demirer Kablo to China’s group Jiangsu Zongitan Technology (ZTT), Bahrain-based Trade Arabia reports. The media says Read more
Around 1,000 Saudi women have applied for co-pilot and flight attendant positions at Flynas after the low-cost airline announced this week it will soon start recruiting Saudi women as co-pilots on its aircrafts. The Riyadh-based airline reportedly received, 24 hours Read more
Total investment of Swiss companies in Saudi Arabia hit $2.91bln, Saudi authorities announced Thursday. Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) in a statement noted that most of investments came from 94 firms. These Swiss entities according the SAGIA have pumped Read more
Saudi Arabia’s long awaited fastest train Haramain will eventually start commercial operations as of this September 24. The train, capable of moving at speeds exceeding 300 Km per hour, will connect Madinah and Mecca cities. The 450km line will also Read more
A Saudi Princess has been victim of heist at Ritz hotel in Paris after she lost her jewels worth $935,000 in her hotel suite. The royal, who has not been named, told the prosecutor that the robbery took place Friday. Read more
A US pilot died Thursday after a helicopter belonging to the Saudi aviation brigade of the National Guard crashed outside capital, Riyadh, near an airfield. The pilot has been identified as Paul Reedy. Reedy, according to the national guard, died Read more
A group of U.S. Congressmen has called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to pressure Saudi Arabia for the release of all civil rights activists languishing in prison, whose detention has been openly criticized by Canada. An unprecedented diplomatic row Read more
Saudi Arabia has allowed its medical students in Canada to stay for three more weeks until late September before they are pulled out in line with the kingdom’s set of measures made to denounce the North American country’s “interference” into Read more